Carjacking suspect arrested after vehicle taken during snowstorm

4:36 PM,
Feb. 12, 2014

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Staff report

A car jacking suspect who earlier posed as a stranded motorist on Anderson Road was arrested in Greenville County Wednesday afternoon after ramming into a Sheriff's Office patrol car, a Greenville County Sheriff's Office spokesman said.

The 22-year-old suspect whose name could not be confirmed through warrants was taken into custody at 1:15 p.m. at the intersection of Rutherford Road and North Pleasantburg Drive following a physical altercation, said Lt. Ty Miller, Sheriff's Office spokesman.

The vehicle that was reported stolen earlier Wednesday was recovered, he said. ...